In recent years, the use of Fuzzy set theory has been popularised for handling overlap domains in control engineering but this has mostly been within the context of triangular membership functions. In actual practice however, such domains are hardly triangular and in fact for most engineering applications the membership functions are usually Gaussian and sometimes cosine. In an earlier paper, w...

As part of the INEX 2006 Adhoc Track, we conducted a range of experiments with filtering and clustering XML element retrieval results. Our basic retrieval engine retrieves arbitrary elements from the collection (corresponding to the Thorough Task). These runs are filtered to remove textual overlap between elements (corresponding to the Focused Task). The resulting runs can be clustered per arti...

Important features of the self-concept can be located outside of the individual and inside close or related others. The authors use this insight to reinterpret data previously said to support the empathy-altruism model of helping, which asserts that empathic concern for another results in selflessness and true altruism. That is, they argue that the conditions that lead to empathic concern also ...

Background and Aim: Autoimmune hepatitis primary sclerosing cholangitis (AIH-PSC) overlap syndrome is a clinical, biochemical, immunological, histological feature of AIH with cholangiographic abnormalities characteristic PSC. The frequency the disease ranges from 1% to 6% more common in males than females. Case report: A 47-year-old female suffering intermittent right upper quadrant pain loss a...